France not to take in over 30,000 refugees


Paris, Sep 25 (IANS): French Prime Minister on Friday said that the country will not take in more that 30,000 asylum seekers in the next two years.

"France has proposed to welcome 30,000 refugees. It won't be more," the prime minister said during an interview with state-run France 2 TV channel.

According to Valls, it is necessary to implement "hotspots" in Greece and Italy which are struggling to cope with thousands of migrants seeking to cross into Germany, Xinhua news agency reported.

In a recent report on migration, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said more than one million people are seeking refuge in Europe this year with up to 450,000 expected to obtain the status of a humanitarian migrant and eventually settle down in the continent.

More than 330,000 migrants arrived by sea in Europe in the first eight months of 2015, including 210,000 in Greece and 120,000 in Italy, it added.

 

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: France not to take in over 30,000 refugees



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.